Graduate Open House

SAVE THE DATE: 2021 Virtual Graduate Open House Week!

Tuesday, October 12 through Friday, October 15
$30 application discount for all attendees!*

Welcome!

As you consider your options for graduate studies, we encourage you to explore the offerings and programs at UCR. With more than 60 years of high-impact research and a distinguished faculty, our campus provides a rigorous and inclusive environment for students.

This virtual open house week is the perfect opportunity to meet with faculty, admissions advisors, and students from a variety of graduate programs! We do hope you will take the opportunity to register for a few of our sessions.

*Please note: Only one application fee discount, per attendee, can be applied to a UCR graduate application.

Coming Soon: RSVP HERE!

Please register for Graduate Open House Week using the link that will soon appear above.

From 2020: Info Sessions & Panels by Program Area

View a detailed list of last year's sessions below. Please note that this information is here only for reference; the 2021 sessions will have different participation, times, and dates. We will publish the 2021 schedule soon.

Graduate Division Dean's Welcome and Student Success

The Graduate Division will be hosting two sessions. Each session includes a welcome from Dean Shaun Bowler, and an introduction to GradSuccess, the division that supports graduate student academic/professional development and well-being.

Tuesday, October 13 at 11:00 AM
Thursday, October 15 at 1:00 PM
Business, Finance, & Accounting

Tuesday, October 13
3:00 PM - School of Business Info Session (MBA, PMBA, MPAc, and MFIN)

4:00 PM - MBA and Professional MBA Student Panel

Wednesday, October 14
3:00 PM - School of Business Info Session (MBA, PMBA, MPAc, and MFIN)

4:00 PM - Master of Professional Accountancy Student Panel

Thursday, October 15
3:00 PM - School of Business Info Session (MBA, PMBA, MPAc, and MFIN)

4:00 PM - Master of Finance Student Panel

Friday, October 16
3:00 PM- School of Business Graduate Programs Info Session
MBA, PMBA, MPAc and MFIN

4:00 PM- School of Business Alumni Panel Session
School of Business Graduate Programs
Economics

Thursday, October 15
2:00 PM - Economics Ph.D. Program
Gary Kuzas, Graduate Program Assistant, and Professor Richard Arnott, Graduate Advisor
Education & Teaching

Tuesday, October 13
4:00 PM - Teacher Education Program: Admissions and Application Info Session
Hosted by Alex Arriaga, Advisor
(This session covers our credential only, and dual Master's with credentials programs)

5:30 PM - Graduate School of Education: MA, MED, PhD Info Session and Application Workshop (This session covers graduate programs not tied to a teaching credential)
Hosted by Heather Killeen, Graduate Program Coordinator, and Dr. Eddie Comeaux, Graduate Advisor

Wednesday, October 14
5:30 PM - Graduate School of Education: MA, MED, PhD Info Session and Application Workshop (This session covers graduate programs not tied to a teaching credential)
Hosted by Heather Killeen, Graduate Program Coordinator, and Dr. Eddie Comeaux, Graduate Advisor

Thursday, October 15
3:30 PM- Teacher Education Program Admissions and Application Info Session
Hosted by Frances Valdovinos, Advisor
(This session covers our credential only, and dual Master's with credentials programs)

5:30 PM- Graduate School of Education Student Panel and Faculty Research Presentations (MA/MED/PHD programs- graduate programs not tied to a teaching credential)

5:30 PM- Teacher Education Alumni Panel Discussion
GSOE - Teacher Education Programs (credentials, and dual Master's with credentials)
Engineering

Tuesday, October 13
9:00 AM - 11AM- Chemical and Environmental Engineering Application Workshop
Adrienne Thomas, Graduate Advisor
*please note this session runs 2 hours

10:00 AM - Mechanical Engineering Program Info Session
Dr. Hideaki Tsutsui

Wednesday, October 14
9:00 AM - Bioengineering Program Info Session
Kellie McDonald, Graduate Student Affairs Officer

9:00 AM - Electrical Engineering Graduate Program Information Session
Hosted by Dr. Amit Roy-Chowdhury (Department Chair), Dr. Wei Ren (Graduate Advisor for Admissions) and ECE Graduate Student Association

10:00 AM - Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program Info Session
Dr. Hideaki Tsutsui and Paul Talavera

Thursday, October 15
3:00 PM- Computer Science and Computer Engineering Graduate Program Information Session
Brenda Cuevas, Graduate Advisor

Friday, October 16
10:00 AM - Materials Science and Engineering Program Info Session
Kellie McDonald, Graduate Student Affairs Officer
Mathematics
Wednesday, October 14
2 PM- Graduate Program Overview, Dr. Fred Wilhelm, Graduate Advisor, Margarita Roman, Graduate Student Services Advisor

3 PM- 4 PM- Research Talks
- 3:00pm-3:15pm- Dr. Peter Samuelson, Assistant Professor
- 3:20pm-3:35pm- “On the Stability of Singularity Formation in Nonlinear PDEs”, Michael McNulty , Graduate Student in Mathematics
- 3:40pm-3:55pm- Dr. Weitao Chen, Assistant Professor
4 PM- Graduate Student Panel, Math Grad Students
Psychology & Sociology

Wednesday, October 14
1:00 PM - Graduate Study in Psychology
Dr. Tuppett Yates

2:00 PM - Graduate Program in Sociology
Dr. Amy Kroska

Friday, October 16
1:00 PM- Graduate Study in Psychology
Dr. Tuppett Yates
Public Policy

Tuesday, October 13
11:00 AM- Master of Public Policy Faculty Panel
Assoc. Dean Kurt Schwabe, Professor Serge Rey, and Professor Bruce Link

4:00 PM - School of Public Policy: Research Centers Directors' Panel
Professor Karthick Ramakrishnan (CSI), Professor Dave Brady (Blum), Professor Qingfang Wang (ICSD), Grover Trask, J.D. (Presley Center for Crime and Justice Studies)

5:00 PM - Master of Public Policy Info Session
Jolene Sedita, Graduate Advisor

Wednesday, October 14
11:00 AM - Master of Public Policy Info Session
Jolene Sedita, Graduate Advisor

1:00 PM- School of Public Policy Dean's Welcome
Dean Anil Deolalikar

Thursday, October 15
2:00 PM- Master of Public Policy Faculty Panel
Professor Rich Carpiano, Professor Francisco Pedraza, and Professor Qingfang Wang

Friday, October 16
1:00 PM - Master of Public Policy Student Panel
Moderator: Jolene Sedita, Graduate Advisor
Sciences

Tuesday, October 13
10:00 AM – College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) Research Facilities
Hosted by CNAS Graduate Student Affairs Center

1:00 PM- CNAS Science Graduate Student Panel
Hosted by CNAS Student Affairs

2:00 PM- CNAS Science Graduate Student Panel
Hosted by CNAS Student Affairs

Wednesday, October 14
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM- Microbiology Graduate Program Info Session
Dr. Emma Aronson and Laura McGeehan
*Please note: Two hour session

10:00 AM - Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Graduate Program Info Session
Dr. Tim Higham and Katherine Van Horn

1:00 PM - Biomedical Sciences Program Overview and Faculty Research Highlights
Dr. Seema Tiwari-Woodruff, Program Director

1:00 PM- Entomology Graduate Program
Dr. Quinn McFrederick and Kathy Redd

2:00 PM- Earth and Planetary Sciences presents the Geological Sciences Graduate Program
Dr. Robert Allen and John Herring

3:00 PM - 3:50P M - Biomedical Sciences MS and PhD Application Workshop
Hermila Torres, Student Services Advisor

Thursday, October 15
9:00 AM - Plant Pathology Graduate Program
Dr. Carolyn Roper and Laura McGeehan

11:00 AM- Plant Biology Graduate Program Information Session
Dr. Amy Litt and Laura McGeehan

10:00 AM- Neuroscience Graduate Program Information Session

1:00 PM- Graduate Program in Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology Information Session
Dr. Morris Maduro and Julio Sosa

1:00 PM- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Panel
Hosted by Biomedical Sciences Departmental GSA

2:00 PM- Biophysics Graduate Program
Dr. Russ Hille and Antonio Knox

3:00 PM - 3:50 PM - Biomedical Sciences MS and PhD Application Workshop
Hermila Torres, Student Services Advisor

4:00 PM - Biomedical Sciences Program Overview and Faculty Research Highlights (encore recording)
Dr. Seema Tiwari-Woodruff, Program Director

4:00 PM- Statistics and Applied Statistics Information Session
Dr. Weixin Yao and Dawn Loyola

Friday, October 16
11:00 AM- Meet the EEOB Faculty!
Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology Graduate Program
Dr. Tim Higham and Katherine Van Horn

11:00 AM- Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics Graduate Program
Dr. Weifeng Gu and John Herring

2:00 PM- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Information Session
Dr. Sean O'Leary and Julio Sosa

3:00 PM- Environmental Toxicology Graduate Program
Dr. Wenwan Zhong and Antonio Knox

4:00 PM- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student Panel (encore recorded)
Hosted by Biomedical Sciences Departmental GSA
Spanish

Wednesday, October 14
3:00 PM- Graduate program in Spanish at UCR
Benjamin Liu, Hispanic Studies

Discover UCR!

While we aren't able to provide in-person tours at this time, we hope you’ll take a few minutes to watch these videos to learn about UCR’s beautiful and vibrant campus, the city of Riverside, and why UCR is America's fastest rising university. And, make sure to explore GradSuccess, a professional development hub designed to support graduate students along their journey!